Task II: TRUE OR FALSE?
1. Formalist criticism looks at the structure of a text without considering factors such as
the author or historical context.
2. Moralistic criticism judges literary works based on formal principles.
3. Marxism is a theory that economics is the base on which social, political, and
ideological realities are built.
4. Feminist criticism aims to expose misogyny in writing about women.
5. Historicism connects the historical background of a work to specific aspects of the
work.
6. Formalist criticism lists down elements of fiction.
7. Moralistic criticism is concerned with the effects of literary works on readers as moral
beings.
8. Marxist theory claims that all societies will "evolve" toward a classless society with a
capitalist government.
9. Feminist criticism is concerned with the economic, political, social, and psychological
oppression of men.
10. Reading response theory focuses on the essential meaning of a text.